Kabelunternehmen und Trumps FCC-Vorsitzender sind sich einig: Datenobergrenzen sind gut für Sie | Datenobergrenzen spiegeln ein „hartes Wettbewerbsumfeld“ wider, sagt die Kabellobby gegenüber der FCC.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/cable-companies-and-trumps-fcc-chair-agree-data-caps-are-good-for-you/
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From the article: The Federal Communications Commission’s plan to investigate and potentially regulate data caps is all but dead now, after President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he will promote Commissioner Brendan Carr to the chairmanship role.
The FCC last month voted 3–2 to open a formal inquiry into how broadband data caps affect consumers and whether the commission has authority to regulate how Internet service providers impose such caps. The proceeding is continuing for now, as the FCC comment and reply comment deadlines are November 14 and December 2. You can view the docket here.
Broadband industry lobby groups knew they would face no possibility of data-cap regulation once Trump won the election. But they submitted their comments late last week, making the case that data caps are good for customers and that the FCC has no authority to regulate them—the same arguments that Carr made when he dissented from the vote to open an inquiry.
NCTA—The Internet & Television Association, representing cable firms including Comcast and Charter, told the FCC that what ISPs call “usage-based pricing” expands options for consumers and promotes competition and network investment. NCTA claimed that the offering of plans with data caps “reflects the highly competitive environment as providers seek to distinguish their offers from their competitors’.”
What an absolute knucklehead. Glad I switched to AT&T fiber from Comcast
Laughs in EU unlimited data on both my wired and cellphone connection.
Screw these bums.
Highly competitive how? Competitions for which areas they can monopolize while the losers get different areas?
God…. FUCK THESE PEOPLE!
Gonna round up the immigrants though 😂😂😂
I pay £50 a month for gigabit internet with unlimited data usage and always has been unlimited in the 30+ years I’ve used them.
I can’t imagine ever having a data cap :\
It proves the opposite. If it was highly competitive, having data caps would make you uncompetitive.
One of the things people voted for in this election was completely deregulation of business. Time to learn that went not regulated, businesses won’t actually do anything in the consumers best interest